I don't know what pressure means : Malinga

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Lasith Malinga - "I'm always used to pressure situations, so I wouldn't even know what pressure is to talk about it. I want to have a free mindset and do what I can do" Malinga's absence from international cricket had been forced by a long-term ankle complaint that had deteriorated to the point of requiring surgery. He had suffered a setback in his rehabilitation in December, but has gradually been increasing his bowling workload through January. Every step is still painful, Malinga said, but he is expected to be fully fit for the warm-up matches, against South Africa and Zimbabwe, and for the curtain-raiser against New Zealand on February 14. "In the last few days, I've been bowling with my full run up, and I feel like I have good rhythm. I don't know about the pace, so we'll find that out in the matches. Before the World Cup, I have to use these two warm-up matches to the maximum. "I haven't had much skills preparation in the last few months, but I always do my mental preparation. I watched all my footage in the last two months and figured out what I needed to do." Sri Lanka's major-tournament fortunes have fluctuated with Malinga's, to some extent, but on this occasion, his team-mates are quick to suggest they have other match winners in their attack too. Kumar Sangakkara said Rangana Herath was the best current spinner, while captain Angelo Mathews believed Sri Lanka were not totally reliant on Malinga. "You can't write off the rest of the bowlers that we have," Mathews said. "We've got fairly experienced bowlers, but Lasith is the X-factor. It's just that in a one-off game, the others can also come into the party. We all expect Lasith to do well but I'm pretty sure with the amount of talent that we've got in the side, anyone can do the job for us." Mahela Jayawardene took a similar view, emphasising the threat of the collective, but added that Malinga's return boosted the know-how within the attack. Malinga had been the architect of the wide-yorker plan that brought Sri Lanka success in the World T20 final last year. "The others will feed off him," Jayawardene said. "You saw in the World T20 how his ideas, and his management of the bowling unit in that situation was fantastic. Because of his experience, his presence will give us that extra 10 per cent to win the matches we had been losing. We're a small nation, so it's important we get everyone on the park." Sri Lanka's approach to the World Cup has been marred somewhat by a 2-4 loss to New Zealand. Mathews said his team had "found ways to lose matches rather than win them" in that series, and called for more consistency in all departments, but was unperturbed by the lowered expectations of his side. "We're happy to walk into the World Cup as underdogs. No one really expects us to win."

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that is a bit pompous... no doubt he is a very accomplished death bowler.

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I was just looking for that video :giggle: